So how do we stop the emotional bleeding?
How do we feel whole?
What can we do to stop others triggering us and re-opening the wound?
Join us as we share our answers to these questions and
*finding the strength to overcome our challenges
*discovering our true selves under the trauma
*stopping our past defining our futures
*busting the beliefs that hold us back
*unleashing our healing power.
There will be a discussion followed by a question and answer session. We heal together.
We are not therapists, just adoptees who want to support our fellow adoptees on their unique healing path:
About us
Danielle Gaudette
“Our adopted angel” – that’s what Danielle’s adoptive parents called her. She grew up adored, doted on, and unconditionally loved. It wasn’t until she was in college that she first felt a gnawing curiosity about her roots. From time to time, she would wonder: Where did this face come from? Where did this body come from? Where did this blood come from? Her search to find her biological parents had begun – one full of surprises and revelations.
After reuniting with her birth mother – and uncovering the primal wound that lay deep within her – Danielle embarked on a twenty-year healing journey of self-discovery, reconciliation, and forgiveness.
Lorah Gerald
“I am The Adopted Chameleon on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and Pinterest. I found writing and being creative therapeutic. I started these pages when I was at a very low point until I found solace in the adult adoptee community. I felt seen and heard for the first time when I discovered other adoptees felt the same way I did. Now I share my story and education on adoption to help myself and others. I am a trained Kundalini yoga instructor, TIYT-Trauma Informed Yoga Therapy instructor, Reiki Master, and Intuitive. With my training in energy healing, trauma, and breathe work training, I have studied methods that help with the healing process. Working with these tools, I have learned to better recognize my own trauma as well as others. With my training and understanding of adoption trauma from a personal experience, I offer Zoom kundalini yoga classes, have a Patreon group, and do in-person classes.
I was born with abilities that allow me to see/feel/hear things that other people may not. I found out after reunion with my siblings, that a strong intuition ran in my genetic family on both sides, as well as with my adoptive mother. With my intuition and my training, I have come up with ways to help myself and offer to help others.
Using all these tools, I have helped myself manage the trauma that adoption caused me. I had some life-changing events that have sent me on this path. This healing power lies within all of us. I will share my knowledge and training, to help you unleash your own healing power."
Simon Benn
"I was adopted at 5 weeks old and told about it so young I don't ever remember not knowing. I didn't experience any adoption trauma until I hit 40 when I found out my childhood teddy bear was a gift from my birth mother. This caused an eruption of anger, feeling rejected and unloved. That kickstarted a learning journey that led me to heal and then want to help others. I created the Thriving Adoptees podcast in 2021 so guests can inspire listeners with their stories and empower them with their learnings. I believe we heal together. The body keeps the score and using a soccer analogy - trauma scores first when we are relinquished. However when we adoptees work together, teamwork makes the dream work. The dream of being whole. So the final score in Trauma 1, Adoptees United 10. Let's heal together. Share our learnings, successes and insights. I'm bringing this togetherness into our webinars as well as the podcast.
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